The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 49 Wang Defa! Even the bridge-building armored vehicles have arrived?

"Buzz... Lieutenant Colonel August, please reply..."

Just as Lieutenant Colonel August was at a loss about the situation, his radio suddenly received a message from another unit.

After hearing the news from the other end, he was so excited that he almost cried. It really was true that there's always a way out!
He had assumed that his armored battalion would be unable to cross the bridge because it had been destroyed.

If they simply used infantry assault boats to forcibly land in the town in front of them, they would have many more killed in the face of enemy fire.

Most importantly, if we can only send a small number of light infantry to the other side, it will be meaningless even if we capture the town.

They couldn't possibly transport all their remaining supplies across the river by ferry, could they? Where could they find a ferry on this river now?

Fortunately, another friendly force operating 5 kilometers downstream achieved a new breakthrough.

This friendly force happened to be escorting the Empire's newest bridging mech, even though this piece of junk was rarely used on most battlefields, had an alarmingly high failure rate, and couldn't build very long bridges.

Nevertheless, they managed to build a small bridge, albeit barely, on a narrow, shallow stretch of land downstream.

Although the bridge is not large enough to carry a large troop, it can at least allow his armored units to pass through little by little.

Upon receiving this news, he immediately ordered his armored battalion and two other infantry battalions to turn around and launch a breakthrough from downstream, then circle around to the town to attack.

There was no other way. Although they could cross the river using the bridge-building mechs, they had to capture this town in order to take control of the now-broken bridge.

After capturing the town, their subsequent engineering troops would naturally have the time to slowly repair the bridge. Otherwise, if they left it unattended, what kind of results could they achieve by relying on such a small force to penetrate deep into enemy territory alone?
And even now, Lieutenant Colonel August still fondly remembers the "elite force" that annihilated the enemy.

The more he was attacked head-on by the enemy in this town, the more he wanted to believe that the enemy's elite troops must be stationed in this town!
Only by completely eliminating this trump card can he wash away the humiliation he has suffered!

Seeing that the enemy was not preparing to send troops to cross the river, but instead heading downstream, Andrei, who was observing from the shadows, breathed a sigh of relief.

He had initially thought that these people would continue their frenzied attack on the town in other ways, since the town was essentially the bridgehead of the bridge in front of them.

Even if the bridge collapses, they will still fight for this place, otherwise they will have to take a much longer detour.

However, seeing them moving downstream, Andrei was slightly puzzled:
They wouldn't really be planning to take such a long detour and then break through from another bridge downstream, would they?

He wasn't quite sure how many kilometers the Black Hawk unit could travel in a day, but if you disregard the armored vehicles, based on the normal marching speed of World War I troops, it would probably take them at least four more days to reach the other bridge.

With that thought, Andrei was no longer afraid.

Their mission was to stay here for 72 hours and then leave, waiting for the enemy to cross the river from the other side and then circle back here, which would take at least eight or nine days.

By then, their mission would be long over, and they would be able to retreat to the rear. It seemed there was nothing to worry about after that. Just as Andrei was envisioning a swift retreat to the rear, the church bell tower, which served as the command post, suddenly rang its bells.

Andrei was slightly taken aback upon hearing the bell.

The sound of the bell should signify a gathering, so what happened to make them suddenly gather? Is it a retreat?

However, after arriving at the command post, Andrei realized he had been overthinking things.

Before their complete rout, the friendly forces on the other side delivered some unfortunate news to them:

Among the enemy forces, a type of bridging mech appeared that could quickly transform itself into a bridge.

With this strange thing, the other side built a new, simple bridge a few kilometers downstream!
And it is quite obvious that the Black Hawk unit that is retreating and transferring is heading towards that makeshift bridge!
"Wang Defa, which version of the Black Hawk Empire is this? How come there's so much advanced technology? They've even brought bridge-building armored vehicles?"

Upon hearing Lieutenant Colonel Unere's explanation, Andrei couldn't help but curse inwardly.

However, there was no time to curse now. Their current task was to stop the enemy's crossing of the river as soon as possible and not let them swagger across.

Therefore, even though Lieutenant Colonel Unere knew that his troops were exhausted, he had no choice but to detach two battalions and rush downstream to seize the enemy's bridge.

The two battalion commanders, having received the order, quickly assembled their troops, while the lieutenant colonel turned to Andrei and said:
"You've all worked hard. You won't be going on this mission for now, will you? You've done very well in the previous battles. I think you and the rest of the company should rest and recuperate..."

But before the lieutenant colonel could finish speaking, Andrei quickly retorted:
"No, Lieutenant Colonel, please believe me! My soldiers can still fight!"

"I can mobilize a group of the most experienced veterans from my company. They have ample experience in anti-armor warfare, and each of them has survived the crucible of war! I believe they can play a huge role!"

Lieutenant Colonel Unere wanted to say something more, but seeing Andrei's determined look, he finally nodded in agreement and said:
"Alright, in that case, you should also select a group of soldiers to go with my men! This battle will definitely be very difficult, but we must take that bridge!"

It must be said that Lieutenant Colonel Unrey was deeply moved by Andrei and the soldiers in his company's act of volunteering for battle. He had witnessed firsthand the contributions of Andrei's company.

If all Cambrian soldiers could demonstrate such resilience and tenacity, and be willing to risk their lives to defend their country, then what would prevent them from defeating the invaders?
The lieutenant colonel was unaware that Andrei had volunteered for the mission because the players would become restless.

There's a battle going on right now, but players aren't allowed to participate. It's no wonder these players will sneak away and rebel!

Since that's the case, he might as well just throw all the players in at once and give them some small perks along the way.

It's time to give our players another boost!

(End of this chapter)